Inside NSA, Officials Privately Criticize "Collect It All" Surveillance
As Congress struggles over renewal of Patriot Act, NSA documents show intelligence experts warning that "tsunami" of surveillance data can actually hinder search for terrorists.
Snowden Archive
Whistleblower Edward Snowden provided founders of The Intercept with documents from the National Security Agency and its counterparts around the world. Here are the stories we were able to publish as a result.
The NSA Plan to Find Bin Laden by Hiding Tracking Devices in Medical Supplies
The NSA concocted a top-secret plan to find bin Laden by "tagging and tracking medications/supplies" to cross the “non-electronic moat" around the ailing terrorist leader.
NSA Planned to Hijack Google App Store to Hack Smartphones
The NSA and its partners developed a top-secret method to infect smartphones with spyware through Google and Samsung app servers, Snowden documents reveal.
What the Snowden Files Say About the Osama Bin Laden Raid
Secret documents related to the Abbottabad raid neither prove nor disprove Seymour Hersh’s controversial account but do add context.
How To Keep NSA Computers From Turning Your Phone Conversations Into Searchable Text
Signal for iPhone and RedPhone for Android, both made by Open Whisper Systems, are the best current software for end-to-end encryption of calls.
U.S. Government Designated Prominent Al Jazeera Journalist as "Member of Al Qaeda"
The U.S. labeled a prominent journalist a member of the terror group, according to a top-secret document.
How the NSA Converts Spoken Words Into Searchable Text
Top-secret documents show the NSA can automatically recognize the content within phone calls, generating easily searched transcriptions.
New Zealand Plotted Hack on China With NSA
Kiwi spies teamed up with NSA hackers to break into a data link in Auckland as part of a secret plan to eavesdrop on China.
New Zealand Spy Data Shared With Bangladeshi Human Rights Abusers
Kiwi agency shared intel despite allegations of torture and extrajudicial killings.
Britain Used Spy Team to Shape Latin American Public Opinion on Falklands
A “dirty tricks” unit helped with covert cyberoperations to prevent Argentina from taking the islands.